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Society, economy and space

Semester: 2. & 3.
Credits: 10 CP
Duration: 2 Semester
Module Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese
Contact hours: 6 SWS
Selfstudy: 210 h
Group size: 210
Learning Goals

Students learn about basic social and economic structures and processes from a spatial perspective. In the first part, the essential aspects of global change, development, distribution and structure of populations are dealt with. In addition, the basic concepts of social, cultural and political geography as well as geographical perspectives on the problems of developing countries are introduced. In the second part, a basic understanding of the explanation, description and design of economic structures, interactions and processes (growth and development) at different scale levels is conveyed.

Contents

Society and Space (2nd semester = SoSe)

    Global change and globalisation
    Distribution, development, structures and movements of population groups
    Approaches and concepts of social geography, cultural geography, political geography and development geography
    and development geography


Economy and Space (3rd semester = WiSe)

    Development, perspectives and building blocks of economic geography
    Business location and location theories
    Globalisation, regionalisation and geography of the world economy
    Spatial mobility of goods, services and production factors
    Measuring and explaining spatial differences in wealth and growth
    Factors influencing regional economic development
    Goals and instruments of spatial economic policy: goals, instruments, levels of control

Teaching methods

Lecture (2 x 2 SWS) and seminar (2 x 1 SWS) or tutorial (2 x 1 SWS)

Mode of assessment

Exam (120 Min.)

Additional Information

Conditions for granting credit points

Passing the examination
Compulsory attendance in accompanying excursions as well as in seminars accompanying the lecture, in which selected aspects of the lecture are deepened in a discussion-based manner.

Usage of the module
Compulsory module in the B.Sc. and B.A. degree programme Geography

Stellenwert der Note für die Endnote
The module grade is CP-weighted (10/180) and is included in the final B.Sc. grade

Lecturers
Prof. Dr. Andreas Farwick, Prof. Dr. Matthias Kiese, Dr. Astrid Seckelmann, Judith Wiemann


Courses in Summer Semester 2024

Lecturers:Andreas Farwick, Astrid Seckelmann
Course type:Lecture
Registration:eCampus

Registration for lecture via eCampus from 02.02.-27.03.2024

Courses in Winter Semester 2023-2024

The lecture is available digitally asynchronous in Moodle.

Based on the recording, an interactive face-to-face course based on the inverted classroom model will be offered Tue 12-14.

Lecturers:Matthias Kiese
Course type:Lecture
Registration:eCampus

Registration for the lecture via eCampus from 14.07.-27.09.2023

Examination components:

Written exam

Target audience:

B.Sc./B.A. - compulsory module in the 3rd semester of study

Goals

Students learn about basic economic structures, interactions and processes from a spatial perspective. They acquire a basic understanding of the explanation, description and design of economic structures, interactions and processes (growth and development) at different spatial scale levels.

Content

Lecture and seminar deal with the geography of the world economy, the development and structure of economic geography as well as the description, explanation and design of economic spatial systems. The latter include the spatial distribution of economic activities across locations and regions, interactions in space through the mobility of goods, services and factors of production (labor, capital) as well as spatial disparities in the level of economic development and their change over time (divergence, convergence).

Organization
  • Development, alternative perspectives and building blocks of economic geography.
  • Globalization, regionalization and geography of the world economy
  • Operational location choice and location theories
  • Spatial mobility of goods, services and factors of production (labor, capital, technical knowledge)
  • Measurement and explanation of spatial differences in wealth and growth (disparities, convergence vs. divergence)
  • Factors influencing regional economic development, in particular knowledge- and innovation-based regional development
  • Regional economic integration
  • Objectives and instruments of regional economic policy
  • Regional policy of the EU and the federal and state governments in Germany
Literature

Bathelt, H.; Glückler, J., 2018: Wirtschaftsgeographie: Ökonomische Beziehungen in räumlicher Perspektive. (4. Aufl.). (=UTB, 8217). Stuttgart: Ulmer.

Coe, N.M.; Kelly, P.F.; Yeung, H.W.-C., 2020: Economic Geography. A Contemporary Introduction. (3. Aufl.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.

Dicken, P., 2015: Global Shift: Mapping the Changing Contours of the World Economy. (7. Aufl.). Los Angeles: Sage.

Farhauer, O.; Kröll, A., 2014: Standorttheorien: Regional- und Stadtökonomik in Theorie und Praxis. (2. Aufl.). Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien.

Haas, H.-D.; Neumair, S.-M., 2015: Wirtschaftsgeographie. (=Geowissen kompakt). (3. Aufl.). Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges.

Kulke, E., 2017: Wirtschaftsgeographie. (6. Aufl.). (=Grundriss Allgemeine Geographie, UTB 2434). Paderborn u.a.: Schöningh.

Liefner, I.; Schätzl, L., 2017: Theorien der Wirtschaftsgeographie. (11. Aufl.). (=UTB, 782). Paderborn: Schöningh.

Maier, G.; Tödtling, F., 2012: Regional- und Stadtökonomik 1: Standorttheorie und Raumstruktur. (5. Aufl.). Wien: Springer.

Maier, G.; Tödtling, F.; Trippl, M., 2012: Regional- und Stadtökonomik 2: Regionalentwicklung und Regionalpolitik. (4. Aufl.). Wien: Springer.

Schätzl, L., 1994: Wirtschaftsgeographie 3: Politik. (3. Aufl.). (=UTB, 1383). Paderborn, München, Wien u.a.: Schöningh.

Schätzl, L., 2000: Wirtschaftsgeographie 2: Empirie. (3. Aufl.). (=UTB, 1052). Paderborn, München, Wien u.a.: Schöningh.

Lecturers:Judith Wiemann
Course type:Seminar
Registration:eCampus

Registration from 14.07.-18.10.2023 via eCampus